Wendy Wendy is a single mom who called her local conference for help with rent after being let go from her job for excessive absences. Her son had been recently diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and she missed a lot of work taking him for treatments and caring for him at home. Wendy was dealing with…
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Sandra Sandra thought she had “made it”. She was living in a nice apartment with her husband and their two boys. She was proud of their home and the envy of her extended family “back home”. Then her husband left and moved in with another woman and everything fell apart. He refused to pay child…
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Juanita What would you do for your sister? How much would you sacrifice? For Juanita, there is nothing she would not do to take care of her family. Her sister was beaten and left for dead by her husband, who then murdered their youngest child. Juanita still has nightmares about that night and her eyes…
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Henry It was 3:00 on a Saturday afternoon when SVdP received a call from a neighbor who was about to become homeless. Henry had a wife and five children -the youngest was just 10 months old. He had been working in a local restaurant for $12/hour and his wife was unable to work due to…
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